Teesside Army cadets endured a gruelling 18-hour journey to get to their training camp in Germany.

The annual two-week trip is usually held in England but this year the Cleveland Army Cadet Force travelled to the Theatre Barracks in the Sennelager training centre.

The youngsters aged 13 to 18 spent two of the days living on the land, sleeping under self-made shelters and cooking their own food from composite rations.

The cadets also made a trip to the the Royal Engineers Mohnesee Sailing Club situated on the lake made famous for the World War Two Dambusters raid.

Lieutenant Viv Forster, training officer for the C Company, Redcar and Cleveland, said: "The cadets had the chance of a lifetime, landed running and made the most of the opportunity. They were magnificent. They have returned as cadets who are exhausted but fulfilled."